Section A Textual analysis and representation

TV Drama Textual Analysis  Support

Camera Shots, Angle, Movement and Composition

·   Shots: establishing shot, master shot, close-up, mid-shot, long shot, wide shot, two-shot, aerial shot, point of view shot, over the shoulder shot, and variations of these.

·   Angle: high angle, low angle, canted angle.

·   Movement: pan, tilt, track, dolly, crane, steadicam, hand-held, zoom, reverse zoom.

·   Composition: framing, rule of thirds, depth of field – deep and shallow focus, focus pulls. 

Editing

Includes transition of image and sound – continuity and non-continuity systems.

·   Cutting: shot/reverse shot, eye line match, graphic match, action match, jump cut, crosscutting, parallel editing, cutaway; insert.

·   Other transitions, dissolve, fade-in, fade-out, wipe, superimposition, long take, short take, slow motion, ellipsis and expansion of time, post-production, visual effects.

 

Sound

·   Diegetic (sounds that are natural)

·   Non Diegetic (sound that has been put on in the editing)

·   synchronous/asynchronous sound

·   sound effects

·   mode of addresses- the way we talk to people

·   sound motif

·   sound bridge

·   direct address- the actor directly talks to the audience

·   dialogue

·   voiceover

·   sound mixing

·   sound perspective  

·   Soundtrack: score, incidental music, themes and stings, ambient sound. 

Mise-en-Scène

·   Production design: location, studio, set design, costume and make-up, props.

·   Lighting; colour design.